"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind."
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"The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones."
"That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea."
"I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do."
"For our people, butterflies are a symbol of hope. It's said that if you capture one in your hands and whisper your dreams to it, it will carry them up to the heavens so that the wish can be granted."
"There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way."
"There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!"
"Life is a barter of choice and consequences."
"It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle."
"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."
"You can swim, too."he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?""We have a very big bathtub."
"I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing."
"Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory."
"Mercy vs. Revenge "May God have mercy on my unfaithful, back-stabbing, adulterous husband because I sure as hell won't."
"All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope."
"There are pockets of wealth in this country. Mostly those pockets are in the politicians’ pants."
"Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
"How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it."
"Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!"
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